The Inseparable Love of God (1) [ Romans 8:38-39 ] Why can nothing separate us from the love of God? 1. Because God’s love is eternal. Romans 8:29a says: “For those whom He foreknew…” The word “foreknew” refers to before eternity began —before the creation of heaven and earth . The phrase “those whom He foreknew” does not simply mean knowing about someone intellectually, but rather loving them. In other words, it refers to “those whom God loved from eternity past.” Amos 3:2a says: “You only have I known of all the families of the earth.” If “known” merely meant intellectual knowledge, that would imply that God only knew Israel and did not know the other nations—which cannot be true, because the all-knowing God lacks knowledge of nothing. Therefore, “I have known you only” means “I have loved you only.” God loved Israel among all the nations of the earth. Hosea 13:5 says: “I knew you in the wilderness , in the land of great drought.” The “wilderness” was where the Israelite...
가난한 사람들을 업신여기고 괴롭히며 법정으로 끌고 가는 부자들 우리 주 예수 그리스도를 믿는다는 부자들 중에는 사람의 겉모양만 보고 사람을 차별하여 악한 생각으로 판단하되 가난한 사람들을 업신여기고 괴롭히며 법정으로 끌고 가는 사람들이 있습니다 ( 야고보서 2:1, 4, 6, 현대인의 성경 ).